The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-11-05

the services. and when the preacher al
tempted to enforce order free fight en-
sued, in which razors, pistols and club
: were used. The lights were soon extin
guished and the fight continued for hal
d an hour. The result was one man killed
six fatally wounded and about twenty
, five more or less injured.
President Hill of the Manitoba has jus
issued his report. The principal featur,
of the document is the recommendation
that the work of extending the brancf
lines through the territory be commenced
at an early date. He is aware of the fac1
that numerous new feeding towns arc
springing up and that they need early
railroad communication, and he feels that
the Manitoba should lose no time in reach
ing every available point.
George Engle, Louis Lingg and Adolph
Fischer, of the group Of condemned anar-
chists, have written open letters to Gov.
Oglesby, refusing any commutation of
sentence sholt of liberty, and declaring
unabated faith in the principles of anarchy.
Their letters are very long and consist
mainly of an exposition of their we'll
known ideas regarding social conditions
existing and the necessity for remedy.
A freight train on the Rock Island road
was wrecked near Morris, Illinois, on Sat
urday last, by telegraph pole laid across
the track. Engineer John Mills and Fire
man Orff were instantly killed and
brakeman fatally injured. The obstruc-
ton was placed upon the track for the
purpose of wrecking passenger train,
and is believed to have been the work Of
the Schwartz Watt express car murder
and robber gang.
The north and south mails we're held
up by one man about midnight on Oct.
81, between St. Johns and Navajo, Ariz.
The mail going south was taken first, and
lest the driver warn the north going mail,
the highwayman detained him to two
hours till the mail going north came
along, which was also robbed. There
were no passengers with the south mail.
The north mail carried one passenger,
who was robbed of $50.
The general executive board of the
Knights of Labor has just issued a circu-
lar to he read at meeting of all assem-
blies, appealing for contributions in aid
of the striking anthracite miners. Ac-
companying the circul lar is personal ap-
peal from General Master Workman Pow
derby. He says this is the first time he
has been called upon to appear before the
order in this capacity. He says the evic-
tions in Ireland cannot outrival the scenes
in the coal fields Of Pennsylvania.
The report of mysterious case of
wholesale poisoning comes from Delhi,
Louisiana. George King, who resides in
Franklin Parish, gave dance and supper
at his residence. After supper was near
ly over all the guests were taken violent
ly ill. A doctor was sent for and said
they were poisoned, but did all he could
for them. Since then six whites and one
colored person have died and all the rest
are seriously ill. No motive can be as
signed for the dastardly deed The cook
is not suspected as she is dangerously i'll,
and her husband and child died.
A horrible disclosure has been made at
Vienna, Australia. A ferryman on the
lower Danube, who has been in the habit
of conveying across the river workmen re-
turning from Roumania who took this
route to avoid producing certificates that
they paid taxes in Roumania, or money in
default thereof, had taken them to small
island where he murdered and robbed
them of their savings. Judicial inquiry
reveals the astounding fact that hundreds
of workmen have been dispatched by the
fend and their bodies buried or thrown
into the reeds along the river banks.
At the closing performance of an open
air spectacle at St. Louis, Monday, ter
rible accident occurred, resulting in the
death of AntOnia Infantes, who attempted
to make balloon ascension. Shortly af-
ter 9 o'clock the balloon, a hot air affair,
was brought on to an immense stage be-
fore an audience of 1900. The air ship
started upward quickly and had attained
height of SEQ feet, when there was col
lapse and the aeronaut plunged to the
ground, holding desperately to the ropes
which held the sagging canvas. The des-
cent was very rapid, and as he came down
before the audience he was thrown upon
an iron rod, from which rockets wele be-
ing fired. Death ensued Immediately.
The mystery which has SO long envel-
oped the fate of the body of the million
aire dry goods dealer, Alexander T. Stew
art, forms subject of chapter in Supt.
Geo. w. Wallins' book, "The Recollections
Of New York Chief-of- Police" which
is soon to be published. The ex-superin-